Guatemala. - Rigoberta Menchu´s political movement is growing. Recent events of the committee pro party WINAQ in Quetzaltenango have resulted in gaining new members. WINAQ is using the internet to inform about their political progress on YOUTUBE.
The latest video is at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b80ydnzDI4I
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On March 13, 2009, Rigoberta Menchu signed the legal registration of the provisional committee for the creation of the political party WINAQ. This was the second important step towards the formation of the political party.
The first step was taken on the 14th of October 2008, when Rigoberta Menchu announced the formation of the committee of political movement WINAQ, and presented the legal documents to start the party formation process establish by law before the Supreme Electoral Tribunal of Guatemala, Tribunal Supremo Electoral, TSE. With this procedure the legal path towards the establishment of her own political party was on its way.
Then the Register of Citizens passed the inscription to the Organization of Political Parties of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal of Guatemala, (Tribunal Supremo Electoral), where it had to be authorized within a time frame of 3 months.
The committee pro party WINAQ has to gather 17 thousand affiliates in two years to become a political party. Amilcar Pop stated in October 2008, that they have already approximately 32 thousand affiliates.
On the provisional board of directors of this new party is Rigoberta Menchu, General Secretary of the Party, President, Otilia Lux, a congress woman, sub-secretary, Amilcar Pop, President of the Mayan Association of Lawyers is the other sub- secretary of the board.
This is one of the most important steps ever achieved by a Mayan political leader in Guatemala. It is also a sign that times have changed in Guatemala.
Rigoberta Menchu is a symbol of Mayan resistance to the oppressive military regimes of Guatemala during the cold war. She is as controversial among Ladinos as she is among Mayans.
The creation of an indigenous political party is a step in the direction of a more inclusive democratic process in Guatemala.
Picture: La Hora
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